A benefit concert is being held Friday night from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Mt. Washington’s Grandview Park to raise money for St. Basil Church in Carrick, after its annual carnival was shuttered in the wake of teens fighting Wednesday.

Community leaders with the Zone Three Public Safety Council put together the benefit concert in conjunction with the band Gone South, which had been scheduled to perform at the carnival.

All proceeds from the concert will benefit St. Basil Church, which will lose out on much of the funds usually garnered from its annual carnival.

The carnival was canceled abruptly on Thursday morning.

The decision came less than 12 hours after hundreds of teens reportedly swarmed the area of the fair on Brownsville Road, with several fights breaking out.

Church leaders called police, and police called for backup.

However, Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Sonya Toler said Friday that no arrests were made.

Despite the positive news of the benefit concert, many on Brownsville Road were still concerned Friday.

“There’s no response from the mayor if we could get any more protection from the city of Pittsburgh,” said parishioner and church volunteer Kevin Dieterle.

Several witnesses said they saw a police car pass by a corner where hundreds of teens were involved in a brawl. The witnesses said the car did not have its lights on and appeared to not be involved in any other emergency call.

“Complete, total chaos, and no police,” said longtime Carrick resident Frank Baker.

Pittsburgh police chief Cam McLay said the fight happened spontaneously and likely could not have been prevented, even with more police presence. Teenagers spread word on social media and converged quickly on festival grounds.

Baker questioned the response from the mayor and other local political leaders.

“It’s like the mayor just doesn’t care about Carrick, and I don’t know what’s wrong with Rudiak,” said Baker.

Councilwoman Natalia Rudiak’s secretary returned a call to her office explaining that Rudiak was at a leadership conference in Washington, D.C.

Rudiak did not return a request for comment before the close of business hours Friday.

"The mayor takes this matter very seriously, and similar issues facing other city neighborhoods," McNulty said. "Chief McLay and other top police officials are meeting with community representatives tonight, and the mayor, chief, and Councilwoman Rudiak are meeting again with community leaders early next week to discuss ways to support Carrick and nearby neighborhoods."

City leaders are going to meet Monday to discuss more ways to help the community of Carrick and hopefully put an end to the violence.

"What we can do is make sure we have really effective lines of communication so that we know early where the tensions are, where they're building," McClay said.